Going to Paris today (KY)

War Front - $80,000 stud fee

Woke up this morning and thought it was going to be clear and sunny, but was dark, overcast and cool.  But, was not raining and I thought it would clear as the sun came up.  After breakfast, packed the car and put the top down and we headed to Paris, KY, home of Claiborne Farm.  I was a nice, cool drive about two hours. The scenery was quite nice, with many horse farms, with wood fences and green pastures that looked like lawns.  There were also many stone fences lining the road.  Once we got to Claiborne Farm, we waited a few minutes for everyone to get there and a groom took us on a walking tour of stalls, breeding barn and the cemetary.  It was very educational and interesting.  The farm is 3100 acres with 300 mares and 11 stallions.

Some of the horses that were housed in this stall.

Entrance to Claiborne Farm

From there, we headed south on Hwy. 25 through more beautiful country side, passing through the cute town of Berea and stopping in Williamsburg, KY for gas, where it started raining and we had to put the top up.  Of course, putting the top up caused it to stop raining within a couple of miles, but it did sprinkle on and off for awhile.  We continued on to Farragut, TN, just outside Knoxville for the night.  We walked across the street to eat and when we got back to the room, it started raining hard again!  Maybe tomorrow it will be nice for the ride home??